DATE: October 11, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Partial Cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 5204 (RLCC No. 974) - Eriksson LLC
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Adopt Resolution authorizing Cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract No. 5204 filed by Eriksson LLC, based on the ability to make the five Consistency Findings listed under Government Code Section 51282 (b); and
2. Authorize the Chairman to sign the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation and approve recordation of the Certificate of Cancellation at such time as all conditions included in the Certificate of Tentative Cancellation have been satisfied.
REPORT
The applicant has filed a petition for cancellation of Agricultural Land Conservation Contract (ALCC) No. 5204 in conjunction with Classified Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No. 3505. The Planning Commission approved the CUP No. 3505 on August 11, 2016. Approval of the recommended actions will remove a 40.20-acre parcel with Prime soil classification from the Williamson Act program for establishment of a commercial pistachio huller and processing facility.
The subject property is located on the east side of West Lawn Avenue between Cerini Avenue and Harlan Avenue approximately 8.1 miles southwest of the Unincorporated Community of Caruthers. (See Location Map Exhibit A, Zoning Map Exhibit B, Existing Land Use Map Exhibit C, Aerial Image Exhibit D) (APN 053-420-02s).
This item comes before the Board with a recommendation for approval by the Agricultural Land Conservation Committee, subject to the following conditions:
1. The landowner shall obtain the necessary land use approvals, including a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to establish the proposed pistachio huller and processing facility on the subject property. As noted above, Classified Conditional Use Permit application No. 3505 was approved by the Fresno County Planni...
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